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Mark Epstein (born 1953) is an American author and psychotherapist who integrates Shakyamuni Buddha's teachings with Sigmund Freud's approaches to trauma. He often writes about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy.Mark Epstein
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Epstein, Mark 1953 births Living people 21st-century American psychologists American psychotherapists American self-help writers American spiritual writers Harvard College alumni Harvard Medical School alumni American Buddhists American writers American scholars of Buddhism 21st-century American Buddhists 20th-century American psychologists
Mark Epstein (born 1953) is an American author and psychotherapist who integrates Shakyamuni Buddha's teachings with Sigmund Freud's approaches to trauma. He often writes about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy.Mark Epstein''Freud and Buddha''
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Personal life
Epstein said he has experienced transgenerational trauma.The Trauma of Being Alive, p.2'' New York Times'', 3 August 2013 He is married to the artist
Arlene Shechet
Arlene Shechet (born 1951) is an American artist known for her inventive approach to sculpture.Cotter, Holland''The New York Times'', July 19, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2023.Ollman, Leah''Los Angeles Times'', April 29, 2019. Retrieved Septembe ...
and has two children.
Career
Epstein is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. After completing his psychiatry residency at what is now New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center, he entered the private practice of psychiatry in New York City. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine. He was interviewed for segments of the PBS documentary ''The Buddha''.Meditation practitioner and author
Epstein went to a Buddhist summer camp inBoulder, Colorado
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, where he met his first Buddhist teachers, Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield. In his early 20s, he traveled to Ajahn Chah's forest Buddhist monastery near Bangkok, Thailand, together with these teachers as well as with Richard Alpert. He has practiced insight meditation since 1974.
He is a contributing editor to '' Tricycle: The Buddhist Review'' and his books include ''Thoughts Without a Thinker'' and ''Going to Pieces without Falling Apart''. Both books deal with the Eastern teachings of non-self.
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Works
*2022 ''The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life'', The Penguin Press, New York, NY., *2018 ''Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself'', The Penguin Press,New York, NY., *2013 ''The Trauma of Everyday Life'', The Penguin Press, The Penguin Press,New York, NY., *2008 ''Going on Being: Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and Psychotherapy'', Wisdom Publications, Somerville, Mass., *2008 ''Psychotherapy Without the Self: A Buddhist Perspective'', Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, *2005 ''Open to Desire: The Truth about What the Buddha Taught'', Gotham Books, New York, *1998 ''Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart'', Broadway Books, New York, *1995 ''Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective'',Basic Books
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References
External links
Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Epstein, Mark 1953 births Living people 21st-century American psychologists American psychotherapists American self-help writers American spiritual writers Harvard College alumni Harvard Medical School alumni American Buddhists American writers American scholars of Buddhism 21st-century American Buddhists 20th-century American psychologists